sewell, to inquire. sewell: -- mr. neal: ms. sewell, would you yourself? would you unmute yourself? ok. why don't we do this? ms. delbene go to and we'll come back to ms. sewell? delbene is recognized to inquire. ms. delbene: thank you, mr. chairman. witnesses for he joining us. i really appreciate your time. and wem washington state have a -- we were hit early with region.navirus in our we also have a large asian american and pacific islanders in our region and researchers at the university of ashington looked at state numbers and found that primary language could be -- could play big role in poor outcomes for asian americans. they collected of covid-19 patients, this is cross our state of covid-19 patients that specified english at their -- as their primary 15.8% were hospitalized. and 7.4% died. -- whose patients that primary language was vietnamese, hospitalized. and 15.4% died. who spoke at that tagalog, 17% hospitalized, 48% died. a.p.i.ook at the broader community, what can we do to address the information and weguage barriers that really see in passing these broader health d

. >> we'll take the next question from sewell chan. >> thank you so much, richard.wanted to actually -- can you hear me? >> i hear you perfectly, congratulations on your book and thank you for your insightful remarks. want today ask you but threats to freedom and in media ecosystem that, including those that come from rapid technological change. i work for an organization, "the los angeles times," that is very much committed to expanding international understanding, but certainly true there are fewer correspondents for american news organizations working overseas than there were ten or 15 areas ago. and i want to ask if you could address that. that's part of the education issue. >> it's true. on the other hand there's also a space for quality journalism. we see that in the "new york times," "washington post," financial final, "wall street journal," your newspaper, all continuing to cover the art world. i wish the major networks would cover it. but cnn, npr. and our own magazine is doing better than ever. the numbers are way up. this tell mets there's a demand for an

no was a clip of sewell's no use to split the script but the way it's always the case it was a cool moment and the late. you. if they want to. say yes. yes fuck. off. and on the welcome to worlds apart in just one comment 9. politics has replaced geo politics or rather has become. more engines are now deal with the day while the cure is for citizens health has reminded me for politicians to carefully calibrated or even explain their policies is one of the doctor all.

. >> terry sewell, welcome to the program what's your reaction to biden's comment? >> clearly it was a mistake. it was a mistake that he, you know, made, he apologized for immediately, you know. it's a clear carats between this president we currently have. in the sene that true leadership is you admit that. i go on and on about the gaffs he's made, but he should have been clearer in. >>> are you worried that he might lose some support? >> no. just like he doesn't win support by making one statement. he hopefully won't lose support. i think it's his history. over four decades of working with, alongside and for all americans. he doesn't take any vote for granted, and he shouldn't i think the humility of admitting that is good. i think his message of reuniting this country i want to push back on the narrative. i did so along with a 20 years old mayor, a 30-some mayor of the city of birmingham, both african-americans who also supported vice president biden. i truly believe that there is a big contrast that needs to be made in the type of leadership that we would get fro

village the fire as a still smoldering weeks after the main fire was put out the light dry peat sewell's and other faults spread underground among the trees roots putting these fires out is getting hotter and hotter. we have to drive further each time to get water all the ponds around here are dry. we didn't have a real winter and now we don't have any water. only the rain can save us now we're begging god to send us rain that would be salvation for us and the whole country. what exactly caused these fires is still a matter of contention was it were just a can a silly discarded cigarette perhaps farmers burning waste but none of these things and you what has changed is the climate. along with the should all now be under water as you can see it's all just dried out to be mining. the. podium is what you chris been looking off to forests in this region for years he's seen them get dry up and drop the cool who we've never seen fires like this in ukraine on a totally different scale. in the past 5 years we've seen temperatures rising even faster than before. previously we've seen summer tempe

that's exactly what will happen any bills to pass in the future but democrats like congresswoman terri sewell of alabama say the need is urgent and the senate should vote on the house heroes act now you know the coronavirus is not waiting the senate is set to leave for a weeklong memorial day recess later this week. >>reporting in washington, i'm kelly meyer. >>hall of famer locally >>they're trying to help the needy was in really need this initially instructed. by this fire sons and then. >>nba hall of famer and bay area native gary payton and his brother greg payton gave away food today at the greater saint john missionary missionary baptist church in oakland. kerry's brother is the minister there the brothers words with world vision to put on this food drive. gary says the pandemic has highlighted the inequality particularly in east oakland, the brothers say they hope to do more of these drives in the future and seeks for humanity is also serving the community during this difficult time. they distribute it distributed sanitizer and face mask around the bay area today. they also held a face

that's exactly what will happen any bills to pass in the future but democrats like congresswoman terri sewell of alabama say the need is urgent and the senate should vote on the house heroes act now you know the coronavirus is not waiting the senate is set to leave for a weeklong memorial day recess later this week. >>reporting in washington, i'm kelly meyer. >>and the country's first financial relief program for undocumented immigrants is proving to be very popular that program launched just this week and it allows undocumented immigrants here in california to collect the state's version of a stimulus payment. it's an approved an approved adult can get $500 while household payments will cap and $1000. those funds will be put on a payment card. the million effort comes from blend of state funds and private donations. it's expected to reach 150,000 undocumented adults in california. the program will be available until june 30th or when the money runs out. >>well as california begins to reopen the state is busy building an army of tracers to find out who has covid-19 and keep it from spreading.

that's exactly what will happen any bills to pass in the future but democrats like congresswoman terri sewell of alabama say the need is urgent and the senate should vote on the house heroes act now you know the coronavirus is not waiting the senate is set to leave for a weeklong memorial day recess later this week. >>reporting in washington, i'm kelly meyer. >>well the country's first financial relief program for undocumented immigrants is proving to be very popular that program launched this weekend allows undocumented immigrants here in california to collect the state's version of a stimulus stimulus payment. it's an approved an approved adult can get $500 while household payments will cap at $1000. the funds will then be put on a payment card. the million effort comes from blending of state funds and private donations expected to help out 150,000 undocumented adults the program will be available until the end of june june 30th or when the money runs out. san francisco city officials are putting together a list of possible sites for more approved homeless camps during the pandemic one appr

sewell: mr. speaker, i rise heroes act.port our his bill will provide $375 billion in support to local governments which will mean millions of dollars for my my towns in my district of alabama. these funds will help our ommunities with their lost revenues while protecting the jobs of those essential workers. r. speaker, i stand with the heroes and sheroes of alabama and i ask for all to support we are dying, se dying in numbers, and we need to ake sure we're doing all that we can to protect the lives and livelihoods of all americans. yes vote on the heroes act. let's stand with our heroes. the speaker pro tempore: the entlewoman from new york reserves. the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. mr. cole: thank you, mr. speaker. time.inue to reserve my the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oklahoma reserves. the gentlewoman from new york is recognized. mr. speaker, i'm pleased to yield 30 seconds to the gentlewoman from new jersey, ms. sherrill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from

>>boats congresswoman terri sewell is home state of alabama started to reopen its economy friday withd the nature of the business in a q and a session on twitter bar voice, the trump administration's impatience, it's time to start rolling back some of these restrictions in an orderly and sensible way about half the states in the country remain largely shut down. >>in washington, i'm jessi turnure. >>after the break we're going to tell you about a bay area company whose possible treatment for. as patients getting better faster and this is one. so is this. and so are these. but no matter the shape, square footage or who might live in them, they all represent something more. a sanctuary. a refuge. the feeling of home. that's why we're here. at lowe's, we believe everyone deserves that feeling. to help make your home be everything you want it to be. because home is what unites us. >>so the new fight in the ah well we have a new weapon in the fight against covid the fda has just approved a drug called remdisivir year. it's developed by a foster city based company called gilliam. >>it could

sewell: mr. speaker, i rise heroes act.port our his bill will provide $375 billion in support to local governments which will mean millions of dollars for my my towns in my district of alabama. these funds will help our ommunities with their lost revenues while protecting the jobs of those essential workers. r. speaker, i stand with the heroes and sheroes of alabama and i ask for all to support we are dying, se dying in numbers, and we need to ake sure we're doing all that we can to protect the lives and livelihoods of all americans. yes vote on the heroes act. let's stand with our heroes. the speaker pro tempore: the entlewoman from new york reserves. the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. mr. cole: thank you, mr. speaker. time.inue to reserve my the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oklahoma reserves. the gentlewoman from new york is recognized. mr. speaker, i'm pleased to yield 30 seconds to the gentlewoman from new jersey, ms. sherrill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from